Triggering a collective raising of eyebrows at the White House late Monday, a cleaning crew sporting protective hazmat suits was spotted sanitizing various parts of the presidential residence, including the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
Footage of the curious incident was captured and subsequently shared on social media by reporters just a few hours after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House following a brief hospital stay over his positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
The shift in cleaning procedures marks a first for the White House, as employees had previously not opted to use such suits or spray maneuvers.
A member of the White House cleaning staff sprays the press briefing room the evening of U.S. President Donald Trump’s return from Walter Reed Medical Center after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2020.
Recently, Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard Adm. Charles Ray’s positive diagnosis prompted several members of the Pentagon’s senior leadership, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, to self-quarantine, Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reported Tuesday.
With the White House slowly becoming a new hotspot for the respiratory disease, alarms recently sounded off after reports indicated that the administration would not be conducting contact tracing on all individuals who were present at the Rose Garden event for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s nominee to fill the sole empty seat on the US Supreme Court.
At least 11 individuals who attended the September 26 event have tested positive for COVID-19.
A member of the White House cleaning staff sprays the press briefing room the evening of U.S. President Donald Trump’s return from Walter Reed Medical Center after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2020.
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman recently reported that the White House “resembled a ghost town” on Tuesday, as many staffers have opted to stay home and self-quarantine.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, Haberman indicated that a televised address to the nation was being considered by Trump, but that he was “still sounding somewhat short of breath in conversations.”
Trump returned to the White House late Monday after doctors determined that it was safe for him to do so, though he is not “entirely out of the woods” with regard to COVID-19, according to White House physician Dr. Sean Conley. Questions regarding the president’s health have only continued to surge after video footage of a photo-op outside the White House appeared to show Trump experiencing shortness of breath.
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